The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-06
DAILY DoINGs AT DUE WEST.
Notes, Paragraphs and Opinions.

Town council election to-day. No excite
Rev Mr.. Pearson goes to Troy this week te
Miss Mary searight, of Laurens, is stopping
at the Phoenix Hotel.
i Some splendid home raised nay WAS solu III
| town last week.
The ladies of the Baptist church will make
some pfOvementS in their church before
| the Union meeting in May.
Thurs,lay of commencen ent will be entirely
different from those of former occasions.
Mr.. y. X. Ellis received nice present from
AEbeville last week because his family mao
the measles. The measles are at our house
too,
The seniors in Erskine are looking after
their graduating speeches. Can't somebody
| lend them an old one?
! Miss Carrie Calhoun has closed her school al
| Liberty and has returned home.
Mr.. ]. b. Bonner spent last Friday night IN
| Williams;on.
her parents at Pendleton. She will be present
| this week at the marriage Of sister.
Quarterly meeting will be held at Gilgal
church the last OF the week, Rev. c. II.
Pritchard partor in charge.
Mr.. John Wren leaves to-day for Anderson.
| He will be absent about six weeks.
Mr.. J. S. Stribling, Of Westminster, is on Q
collecting tour in this section.
| The Knights Of Honor had pleasant meet
ing last Friday night. Some new recruits are
| coming in.
The Old fashioned custom Of carrying Bibles
10 church is again in vogue. And good nap
Master Washington Sullivan. who has been
| here with his little cousin, Miss Josie Bonner,
Rev. G. L. Stuart, of Fairview, preached
some able and acceptable sermons at Rev.
Mr.. Pearson's Greenville church Saturday
and yesterday. There were several acces-
SionS.
Mr.. Alex. McBee. the soliciting agent Of the
Atlantic Coast Line, spent a few hours here
one day last week. To know him is TO appre-
| cinte him.
Mrs. c. G. Cohen was the happy recipient Of
| a fine Bible and some other nice things on a
recent birthday from her noble son, Hon. j. j..
Darlington, Of Washington. D; c: evan. .
night in town last week. He was on his way
to Stony Point where he has left thorough
bred Kentucky horse, with Mr.. David Aiken.
day. for Philadelphia, where he has situa-
ton in the baseball league under manager
Malone. Jesse has many friends who Will be
pleased to hear OF his success.
the Little River Baptist church has appointed
DR.. j. A. Robinson, Mr.. NJ. b. ClinKscales and
Mr. Frank f. Ellis as delegates to the Y. NJ. c.
\. State Convention, which meets In New
berry on the 18th inst.
Prof. Mccain, who was quite sick few days
last week, is now filling his chair In Erskine
regularly.
April was marched in with the whistling
music Of wintry winds.
The sling shot is a dangerous nuisance that
should be abolished. 1t ought to 60, and 90
early, and the town council should see to It,
Mr. ". Eugene Milford representing
down TO sell the sons Of Erskine their Sum-
Messrs. D. 4. P. Jordan and c. c. Twitty
two of the finest commercial statesmen on the
road were in town Saturday.
Mr.. Chas. Z. Mckay has recently erected q
gymnasium in the rear OF his store. He is
Said 10 be n fine trapeze performer and Is very
fond Of the exercise.
Mr. r. l.. Cochran, student Of medicine,
will give the young graduates In the healing
art good dinner Tomorrow night
\ few of the many chicken thieves that In
fest our town, were up before Justice Sitton
last Saturday.
We hope the boys, who were engaged In the
cruel past-time of robbing birds nests last
year in orner to make a collection OF eggs,
will be more considerate this Lpring. The
amusement, we know, was thoughtless and
without reflection.
Not many miles from Due West are eighteen
cases of genuine old seven years itch under
treatment of one physician.
Our town council has taken step In the
right direction by endeavoring to remove the
dives of wickenness that have so long been
prominent eyesore to the people.
The seniors of Erskine College took Up the
study of astronomy last week.
DR.. J. J. Lindsay left here last Friday, via
Mt. Carmel, for the city Of Augusta, where he
will make prospecting stay OF week or two
with view to settlement for. the practice of
his profession. The Doctor has Qualitie OF
head and heart that will ensure him success
wherever he may hang out his shinge.
Rev. w. l.. PresSly, ID. D., and Rev. B. II.
Grier went to Long Cane last Friday to assist
Rev. Dr. Sloan in q communion meeting. DR..
L. w. Pressly and Mr.. David Kerr accompa-
MED them and will enjoy visit to their
friends In that community.
The term of office for members OF our town
council for the past year closes this week. We
thank the treasurer Mr.. c. NJ. Mckay, for the
following appropriate statement: Amount OF
real estate and personal property in Duo
West amounts to about 100000,
Tax recelved........ ......................S2O7.0O.
Amount paid out.m................ lS200
They go out OF office leaving the streets in
fnc conditional balance in the treasury and
hearty well done echoed by all.
Prof w; S; Lowry goes to Mt: Carmel this
week to visit his nephew Rev. Mr.. Patterson,
and Will be in attendance at the communion
poets 10 meet sister from Georgia and his
old pastor, Rev. DR.. Phillips, has many friends
here who will wish him pleasant trip and a
happy reunion.
The juniors have selected the following ush-
ers for the Juniors Exhibition the first Friday
night in May; Messrs. D. g. Phillips, D. p.
Miller, r. b. Wilson and ]. S. Sibley. A COM
mittee appoint to procure music for the occa-
sion will correspond with the Young Ameri-
cas- Of Anderson, S. G., Fishers Band Of Au-
gusta, Ga, and the Italian Band of Charlotte,
NC.
The first quarterly congregational meeting
for this year OF the Associate Reformed Pres
byteran congregation was held in their
church last Saturday evening. There was
large number of the church members present,
and OF this number were seen many ladies'
an encouraging sign of success in every thing
of this kind: The usual routine Of business
was dispatched. The pastors salary for 1855
was more than paid, the total being SS420O
collected for that purpose. A very importent
matter, that Of cleaning and beautifylng the
cemetery and church yard, was attended to
by the appointment of q committee of five
ladies and five gentlemen to take charge Of II.
The names Of the committee is a sufficient
guarantee that this will be we'll looked after
Mrs. w. NJ. Gr!cr, Mrs. A. NJ. Brice. Mrs r. 8.
Galloway, Mrs ]. +. Todd, Miss Jennie Ed.
wards. Messrs H. Z. Bonner, VIM. Hood, A.
r. Ellis, J. E. Todd, A. s. Kennedy. In order
to make these occasions more profitable and
to enlist the interest and assistance Of all the
members of the church, at the next meeting O
report from the Ladies Missionary Society
the Yyoung Peoples Missionary Society and
the Foreign Missionary Society will be pre-
Seuted. \ paper by Mr.. II. NJ. Young, on the
subject of "a congregational meeting and how
to make 1t interesting,"wll be read. All the
members should make 1t a rule to attend, and
thereby acquaint themselves with the needs,
workings and financial condition Of their
church. B.CD